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United States Patent | 5,332,046 |
Tanimizu ,   et al. | July 26, 1994 |
An agricultural machine including a fixed mast secured to a frame body so as to be projected from a front end portion of the frame body, a movable mast which is pivotably mounted to the fixed mast so as to be arcuately movable in an agricultural working direction relatively to the fixed mast and has a mount portion to which a top link of a tractor is mounted, and a mode selecting mechanism provided between the movable mast and the fixed mast for changing and fixing a positional relationship between the movable mast and the fixed mast interlockingly with a lifting operation of the agricultural machine to thereby freely change a penetrating angle of the agricultural machine into the soil.
Inventors: | Tanimizu; Mikio (Ibaraki, JP); Kawano; Kouichi (Ibaraki, JP) |
Assignee: | Sugano Farm Machinery Mfg. Co., Ltd. (Hokkaido, JP) |
Appl. No.: | 943871 |
Filed: | September 11, 1992 |
Dec 13, 1991[JP] | 3-351194 | |
Apr 09, 1992[JP] | 4-115223 |
Current U.S. Class: | 172/739; 172/445; 172/448 |
Intern'l Class: | A01B 015/12 |
Field of Search: | 172/204,209,219,618,640,734,739,744,763 403/104,106,321 172/47,272,439,445,448,669,675,677,679 |
2916835 | Dec., 1959 | Boyce | 172/448. |
3032903 | May., 1962 | Ede | 172/448. |
3139943 | Jul., 1964 | Evans et al. | 172/445. |
3752239 | Aug., 1973 | Kelley | 172/739. |